Latch-operating means.



n. H. HARSH. LATCH OPERATING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 26.1917- Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

WITNESSES ATTORNEY murnm WASMINnmN. u.

" non'msoiv'n. F onIcAe iLLnvoIs. V I i '7 LATCH-OPERATING MEANS.

1,279,690. V Specificatibn s t- Patented Sept. 24:," 1918;

. y 1 Application fil d November 26, 1917. Serial No. 204,070.

A To all whom it may concern: 7 7 7 door so. as to be accessible by parties effect- Be it known that I, RoBrNsoN H. HARsH, ing {either an ingress or" egress. a citizen of the United States, residing at ylatch operating mechanism includesoa. Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of tubular member 13, decorated orainted ex lllinols, have invented certain new and teriorly to represent a coat s eeve, and 60 useful Improvements in Latch-Operating hingedly mounted at one end andat-the rim I Means, of which the following is a specificas of the tubular member by means of a conven tion. n j tional type'of hinge 14 whereby to permit This invention hasrelationtodoor latches, vertical oscillation of said tubular member.

' 1 and has for an object-to'providean operat- The tubular member '13 is providedgwith an 65 ing means therefor,-,formed to resemble a operating'handle15, formed to resemblean' human hand extendedfina position'ato be outstretched hand. vTheft-Ont of thedoor grasped whereby to present a novel efiect for maybe decorated, eitherby means ofa pictoadvertising purposes. rial illustration or a figure formed in re-I 15 Another object of the invention is to pro lief, in which one arm is shown as a con-. 70 vide a door latch operating means of the tinuation of the tubular member: 13 so as to nature above set forth for attachment to present a novel efi'ect for advertising p111. any door latch .to operate the same. poses. The hand 15 will thus appear; to be.

Another object-of the invention'is to pro. a part of the figure. shown. on the door. f vide a latch operating means, having the The lower wall of the tubular member 13 75 characteristics above set forth adapted for interiorlyis formed with a longitudinally association with a door latch, of the door extending casing 16.containing a light coil knob operating type, one of the lmobs being spring 17 and a bar 18 extends into said cas: removed prior to the association of the latch ing, the otherend of the bar being ivotally. mechanism with any improved operating connected as at 19 to the-door. The spring 80 means. 1 V .5 within the casing thus bears at one end In addition tothe foregoing my invention against the bar 18 and .sat its outer-end comprehends improvements in the-details of against the casing whereby to normally" reconstruction and arrangement of the parts tain, the tubular member in a horizontal poto be hereinafter morefully described and sition but to permit said tubular member to 85 particularly set forth inthe appendedclaims. e depressed against the tension of said In the accompanying. drawings which spring. A semi-circular shield. 20 is secured similar and corresponding partsare desigto the-door toextend around the lower. half nated by the same characters of reference of the tubular member 13, whereby to close throughout-"the several views in which they: "the gap which occurs owingto the manner 90 appear: 7 I in which the inner end of the tubular mem- Figure 1, is a view'in side elevation of one r 13 is cut away. to permit its downward form of my latch operating mechanism illus-- movement. trating the door and latch in edgeview. Depending from the top wall of the tubu- V 40 Fig. 2, is a similar view with parts of the lar member 13 interiorly thereof is a casting 5 latch operating mechanism broken away to or the like 21, having a pair of spaced ears illustrate details. y 22 formed thereon to engage op osite sides Fig. 3, is a transverse sectlon taken on the of the operating lever 12, an a utment 23. line 33 of Fig. 2. being formed on said casting to engage the 46 Fig. 4, is a view in elevation with parts upper side of said lever.

broken away of a modified form of my latch From the foregoing "it will be apparent operating mechanism and r that if the handle 15 is grasped and de-' Fig. 5, is-atransverse section taken on the pressed as though in the act of shaking ,line 5-5 of Fig. 4. hands, the latch lever 12 will be likewise de With reference to the drawings, particu pressed, motion of the tubular member 13 1% larly Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, 10 indicates the being transmitted through the casting; 21 door having a latch mechanism embodied and the latch bolt 11 will be withdrawn 1 therein the latch bar ofwhich is indicated from engagement with its keeper to permit at 11, and the latch lever at 12, said latch the doorto be openedlevel" ext nding beyond both sldes of. the have illustrated and a 11g 7 modified form of myinventienwhich how signed for association'with the type of door latch embodying a rotatably mounted shank 24 having a door knob on each end. For the purposes of my invention one door. knob is removed and a collar 25 substituted therefor, which is embraced about the shank and secured thereto. The collar 25 is formed with a radial" pin 26. Depending from the upper wall interiorly of ;the-tubular member 13 is an arm 27 which is offset so as to dispose its lower *end to "one side of the longitudinal center ;of said tubular member, and said lower end-of the arm 27 is bifurcated as indicated at 28 so as to engage opposite sides of :the pin 26. I V k I In the operation of this form of my invention'it will be seenjtha't if the handle 15 is grasped so as to depress the-tubular member 13 or oscillate the same, the vertical movement-of said tubular members 13 vvhich is in a single plan'eis converted into rotary motion of the revolubly mounted shank 24L by means of thearms 27 and the collar and pin connec'tion25 and 26.

While I .hjave'illustrated and described my invention withsome degreeof particularity, I realize'that in practice various alterations thereover may be made, and I therefore desire tov reserve the right and 'privile'ge 'of changing the form 'ofthe details of construction, or otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlative parts, without departing from the spirit of the invention or thescope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination With a door latch including a latch operatinghandle, of a tubular member, means hingedly connecting the his: n! patent obtained for tubular unember to the door, a casing within the tubular member, a spring within the casing, a bar pivotally connected to the door and having one end extending into the easing, a handle on said tubular member in the shape of a human hand, and an operat ing connection between said tubular-member and the latch operating lever.

2.- In combination with a door and door latch, including an operating handle, of a tubular member, means for hingedly connecting one end bf the tubular' inembei' to the door, resilient means for normally fretaining the tubular memb'er in a su'b'stan tiall 19 for said albui member in the fern-i of a human hand, a casting secured interiorly t0 the tubular member, a pair of spaced ears onsaid asting to'eng'age opposite sides of the latch operatin means, and Fan abutment on said casting to engag the upper side of the latch operating le'ver.

3; Incmnbination with 'adoor and door latch including a revolubly mountedshank;

a collar secured'thereto', a radial pin on said collar, a tubular member, means for hingedly mounting one 'end of the tubular member upon the door, an arm within the tubula'rmembe'r' and movable therewith, one end of the arm being bifurcated to engage opposite sides of theipin, means for normally retaining the tubular member in a substantially horizontal position, and an operating handle on the tubular member which is shaped to conform to the'shape of a human hand. v I

In testimonywhereof I aflixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBINSONH. nA'RsH. I

' lVitnesses: g

W. G. =GADow, WM. F. GAnow.

five cents each; donmiiuloicr .ot ia tcgttj; Wuhhigton, D. Q.

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